Manfred Haimbuchner
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Manfred Haimbuchner (born 12 August 1978) is a Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) politician. He served in the National Council from 2006 to 2009, and in the Landtag of Upper Austria as his party's leader since 2009. In 2015, he became Deputy Governor of the state.
Biography
Haimbuchner is the descendant of refugee Sudeten Germans.{{cite news |last1=Braun |first1=Wolfgang |title=Haimbuchner: "Ich bin kein Rebell, das liegt mir nicht so" |url=https://www.nachrichten.at/archivierte-artikel/wahl2015/Haimbuchner-Ich-bin-kein-Rebell-das-liegt-mir-nicht-so;art174240,1956711 |access-date=24 September 2021 |publisher=OÖ Nachrichten |date=29 August 2015 |language=German}} His father {{ill|Lambert Haimbuchner|de}} was the mayor of Steinhaus. He graduated in Law from Johannes Kepler University Linz. He married Annette in May 2016,{{cite news |last1=Auer |first1=Rainer |title=Manfred Haimbuchner hat sich vor den Altar getraut |url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/grieskirchen-eferding/c-politik/manfred-haimbuchner-hat-sich-vor-den-altar-getraut_a1751804 |access-date=24 September 2021 |publisher=Mein Bezirk |date=28 May 2016 |language=German}} and their son was born in January 2018.{{cite news |title=Haimbuchner wurde zum ersten Mal Vater – Gratulation von HC. Strache |url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/oberoesterreich/c-politik/haimbuchner-wurde-zum-ersten-mal-vater-gratulation-von-hc-strache_a2380681 |access-date=24 September 2021 |publisher=Mein Bezirk |date=19 January 2018 |language=German}}
In the 2006 elections, he was elected to the National Council.{{cite news |title=Abschied und Neueinzug im Nationalrat |url=https://ooev1.orf.at/stories/140735 |access-date=24 September 2021 |publisher=ORF |date=2 October 2006 |language=German}} He was the FPÖ's lead candidate in the 2009 Upper Austrian state election,{{cite news |title=OÖ-Wahl: Erste Zeichen auf Plakatwänden |url=https://ooev1.orf.at/stories/382450 |access-date=24 September 2021 |publisher=ORF |date=13 August 2009 |language=German}} and was named minister for Housing, Nature and Savings in Josef Pühringer's state government.{{cite web |title=Geschäftsverteilung der Oö. Landesregierung in der XXVII. Gesetzgebungsperiode |url=https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/eli/lgbl/OB/2009/109/ANL1/LOO40010335?ResultFunctionToken=fef94a41-9389-45fe-b260-cc4e2c28e2e4&Position=15701&Abfrage=Gesamtabfrage&SearchInAsylGH=&SearchInAvn=&SearchInAvsv=&SearchInBegut=&SearchInBgblAlt=&SearchInBgblAuth=&SearchInBgblPdf=&SearchInBks=&SearchInBundesnormen=&SearchInDok=&SearchInDsk=&SearchInErlaesse=&SearchInGbk=&SearchInGemeinderecht=&SearchInJustiz=&SearchInBvwg=&SearchInLvwg=&SearchInLgbl=&SearchInLgblNO=&SearchInLgblAuth=&SearchInLandesnormen=&SearchInNormenliste=&SearchInPruefGewO=&SearchInPvak=&SearchInRegV=&SearchInSpg=&SearchInUbas=&SearchInUmse=&SearchInUvs=&SearchInVerg=&SearchInVfgh=&SearchInVwgh=&ImRisSeitVonDatum=&ImRisSeitBisDatum=&ImRisSeit=Undefined&ResultPageSize=100&Suchworte=gewerbe |publisher=RIS |access-date=24 September 2021 |language=German}}
During the campaign for the 2015 Upper Austrian state election, he spoke out against settling Syrian refugees in the state during the European migrant crisis. His party's vote share doubled to 30.4% to make them the second power in the state after the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP); Reuters credited this to the migrant crisis.{{cite news |title=Austrian far-right party gets electoral boost from migrant crisis |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-election-idUSKCN0RR0ZQ20150927 |access-date=24 September 2021 |publisher=Reuters |date=27 September 2015}} He was then made Deputy Governor to Pühringer.{{cite news |title=Manfred Haimbuchner: "Wir erleben den Niedergang Europas" |url=https://kurier.at/chronik/oberoesterreich/manfred-haimbuchner-wir-erleben-den-niedergang-europas/213.846.182 |access-date=24 September 2021 |work=Kurier |date=7 August 2016 |language=German}}
Haimbuchner was the recipient of the 2016 Black Globe Award given out by Greenpeace, the WWF and Global 2000 to figures who deny climate change. He welcomed the award as recognition for "common-sense politics".{{cite news |title=Haimbuchner bekommt Black Globe Award 2016 |url=https://kurier.at/politik/inland/oberoesterreichs-fpoe-chef-manfred-haimbuchner-bekommt-black-globe-award-2016/230.652.054 |access-date=24 September 2021 |work=Kurier |date=14 November 2016 |language=German}}
In March 2021, Hambuchner was in intensive care with COVID-19. He was later fined for having broken rules by attending a welcoming party for a newborn.{{cite news |title=Haimbuchner zahlte Strafe für Teilnahme an Storchenfeier |url=https://www.diepresse.com/5968213/haimbuchner-zahlte-strafe-fur-teilnahme-an-storchenfeier |access-date=24 September 2021 |work=Die Presse |date=19 April 2021 |language=German}} That September, his party's seats dropped to 11 in the state elections, joint second with the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ).{{cite news |title=Warum Stelzer zu Schwarz-Blau steht |url=https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/oesterreich/2122912-Warum-Stelzer-zu-Schwarz-Blau-steht.html |access-date=28 September 2021 |work=Wiener Zeitung |date=28 September 2021 |language=German}}
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Category:Austrian people of Sudeten-German descent
Category:Freedom Party of Austria politicians
Category:Johannes Kepler University Linz alumni
Category:Members of the 23rd National Council (Austria)